Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4095 Primary Sponsor:P. Harris Committee Number:21 Type of Legislation:JR Subject:Drivers licenses, aging and handicapped Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Companion Bill Number:1114 Computer Document Number:BR1/1932.AC Introduced Date:Jan 14, 1992 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Jan 14, 1992 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:P. Harris Waldrop Neilson Type of Legislation:Joint Resolution
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4095 House Jan 14, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 21
referred to Committee
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TO DIRECT THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSION ON AGING AND THE STATE AGENCY OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION, TO STUDY THE ISSUANCE AND USE OF RESTRICTED DRIVERS' LICENSES FOR THE AGING AND PERSONS WITH HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS AS A MEANS TO ENHANCE THE INDEPENDENCE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF THESE PERSONS AND TO REPORT TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON AGING.
Whereas, in establishing policy and issuing drivers' licenses, the State has strived to balance public safety with the rights and liberties of its citizens; and
Whereas, among other things, this balance of interests has been achieved through permitting restricted licenses; and
Whereas, restricted licenses protect the public safety while providing a privilege to a person that may enhance the person's daily living and ability to be independent and self-sufficient; and
Whereas, a restricted license may be appropriate when a person's ability may be somewhat diminished yet still adequate to drive under certain conditions; and
Whereas, these conditions, for example, may include prohibitions against driving at night or driving on interstate highways or roadways with a speed limit exceeding fifty miles an hour; and
Whereas, restricted drivers' licenses and their conditions are determined on a case-by-case basis but do not appear to be issued very widely in this State; and
Whereas, a study of the issuance and use of restricted licenses for aging persons and persons with handicapping conditions in this State would be helpful in developing policy and procedures for using these licenses as a means to enhance the independence and self-sufficiency of these persons. Now therefore,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, in cooperation with the South Carolina Commission on Aging and the State Agency of Vocational Rehabilitation, shall study the current law, regulations, and policies regarding the issuance and use of restricted drivers' licenses in this State with special attention to the use of these licenses as a means to enhance the independence and self-sufficiency of aging persons and those persons with handicapping conditions in this State. A report of the study must be submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging by January 1, 1993.
Section 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.